"Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free..."
"...so I can let them die in jail over a clerical error."
Remember when that movie Rendition came out, and people thought it was far-fetched and sensationalist?
Turns out there's far less international political intrigue and suspicion of espionage than that necessary for people to simply disappear. And die. In U.S. custody. Because of clerical errors.
Today's lesson: If you're a husband, father and law abiding cancer patient, pray that U.S. immigration doesn't screw up your address.
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That is simply heartbreaking.
Posted on August 14, 2008 2:49 PM
That's just disgusting. To think that we pride ourselves on being the greatest nation in the world, and yet we let things like this happen to people in our care. The saddest part is that if you were to ask people on the street, hardly anyone would have read this story and many people probably would refuse to believe it happened.
Posted on August 19, 2008 12:07 PM